Xuanwu mountain tourist area

Xuanwu mountain is close to Jieshi Bay in the South China Sea. There are many famous sites in the mountain, such as Yuanshan temple, Fuxing pagoda, ancient stage, Santai Baobao, Taiping stone, Qilin stone, Qilong rock, Longmen stone, Simi Pavilion, etc. Yuanshan temple is built at the south foot of Xuanwu mountain. There are a large number of historical relics in the temple. It is a place for religious activities where Buddhism and Taoism are integrated. It is also a historic and well-known scenic spot at home and abroad, especially in Southeast Asia in eastern Guangdong. It is also the Buddhist belief center of the people of Minnan language family.

Xuanwu mountain tourist area in Shanwei

synonym

Xuanwu mountain tourist area generally refers to Shanwei Xuanwu mountain tourist area

Shanwei Xuanwu mountain tourist area, located in the northern suburb of Jieshi Town, Lufeng City, Guangdong Province, with a total area of 150000 square meters, was founded in 1980.

Xuanwu mountain tourism area in Shanwei integrates religious and cultural tourism of Yuanshan temple and seaside tourism of Tianwei mountain subsea Park, with Yuanshan temple as the center,

Yuanshan temple was built in 1127, the first year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is a religious center at home and abroad in Chaoshan area.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the location of Xuanwu mountain was closely related to the history of Jieshi ancient Wei City, which had an important strategic position.

In November 2007, Shanwei Xuanwu mountain tourist area was approved as "national AAAA tourist attraction" by the National Tourism Administration.

In February 2020, to pay homage to the medical workers, Xuanwu mountain tourism area in Shanwei will be open to medical workers free of charge from the date of reopening to December 31, 2020.

Historical evolution

In the first year of Jianyan in Southern Song Dynasty (1127), the villagers of Jieshi Town, Lufeng City built a small temple on the hill (formerly named Guishan) in the northern suburb of Jieshi. They worshipped the statue of "Arctic Xuanwu, God of the Yuan Dynasty", and then moved the temple to the current site (now Shanwei Xuanwu mountain tourist area).

In the 27th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1394), when jieshiwei general built jieshiwei City, the small temple was transformed into "Xuanwu Temple".

In the fifth year of Wanli (1577), Hou Jigao, chief of jieshiwei, presided over the expansion of Xuanwu temple into an existing scale, which was called "Xuanshan Temple" in the beginning. He lived in the temple and worshipped Buddhism, and the incense was flourishing day by day. With the expansion and prosperity of temples, the names of "Xuanshan Temple" and "Xuanwu" (another name of God in Yuan Dynasty) began to spread, while the folk called the mountains and temples "Xuanwu mountain" together with the titles of "Xuanshan Temple" and "Xuanwu mountain temple", which is also the origin of the name of Xuanwu mountain tourist area in Shanwei.

In 1777, the abbot monk Shixi presided over the construction of Yuanshan temple.

In the 19th year of Daoguang (1839), the abbot monk bietian presided over the construction of Yuanshan temple.

In 1880, Yuanshan temple was attacked by ants. Fang Yao, the commander-in-chief of Guangdong Navy, Li Yangsheng, Deng Wanlin and Datong, the abbot of Jieshi Town, collected and rebuilt the temple.

In 1980, with the approval of Lufeng Municipal People's government, Shanwei Xuanwu mountain tourist area was established, Yuanshan temple was restored, and tourism was developed.

In 1981, Fuxing tower was rebuilt in Xuanwu mountain tourist area of Shanwei.

From 1983 to 1985, the construction of Yuanshan temple was completed.

In 1986, the Xuanwu mountain stage was rebuilt in Shanwei Xuanwu mountain tourist area. The restored Yuanshan temple still retains the style and features of the ancient buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Architectural pattern

Shanwei Xuanwu mountain tourist area is built by the mountain. The layout is a multi monomer building quadrangle, which adopts the layout technique of central axis symmetry. The building structure is rigorous, with heavy bucket and overlapping arch, high ridge cornice, carved beams and painted buildings, and traditional porcelain paste, which is magnificent. This layout aims to set off a solemn, solemn and mysterious religious atmosphere. Yuanshan temple also uses the continuous raising of building foundation and the gradual change of indoor light to set off the religious atmosphere, which is a method used by many mountain temple buildings. Not only the whole foundation of Yuanshan Temple rises with the mountain, but also the other foundations inside the whole building are raised step by step. From the gate to the main hall of the statue, a total of three uplift, the cumulative height difference of 3.66 meters.

Main attractions

Eight scenes of Xuanwu

Yuanshan ancient temple

Yuanshan temple in Xuanwu mountain tourist area of Shanwei has 99 buildings, such as mountain gate, front hall, middle hall, main hall, side hall, hall, monk's room and veranda (corridor and courtyard around the hall), etc., with shading curved paths extending in all directions. It is a group of ancient buildings with various structures and sculpture techniques

 

. Yuanshan temple is dedicated to the gods and Buddhas of Zhenwu Yuantian God and Sakyamuni in the Arctic. Inside the hall are the tablets of shuide Lingchang inscribed by Lin Zexu in Qing Dynasty and Lingsheng mandao inscribed by Liu Yongfu in Zhenjie. The two tablets are listed as Chinese famous tablets by the state. There are more than 40 plaques inscribed by Tongzhi emperor, Tidu and Zongbing in Yuanshan temple, and there are more than 1000 cultural relics of song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

 

Stele of Santai security

In the 10th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1582), Zheng Qianshan, Cheng Yuquan and Yao long, who were patrol soldiers, jointly wrote and erected a monument in Xuanwu mountain.

 

a fish leaping over the dragon gate -- have passed a competitive examination

Longmenshi is located in front of Qilong rock. According to the archaeological verification of geological team 756 of Guangdong Province, it was formed in the fourth stage of Yanshan intrusion in Early Cretaceous. According to RB Sr isotopic determination, it is about 100 million years ago.

 

Kylin's head up

Qilin stone is one of the famous natural hieroglyphics in Xuanwu mountain. Its shape is majestic and majestic, just like Qilin looking up at the sea. On the east side of the stone, there are cliff inscriptions of "mountain is not high".

 

Shipai is towering

Built in 1996, Nanmen archway is a stone carving archway with four pillars, three gates, three eaves and three bays. It is 15.8 meters high and 22.3 meters wide. It is one of the largest opencut dragon pillar archways in eastern Guangdong. "Xuanwu mountain" on the front of the archway is inscribed by Zhao Puchu, former president of China Buddhist Association; and "Lingguang wanzhang" on the back is inscribed by Lu Feng, vice chairman of advisory committee of China Buddhist Association, honorary president of Guangdong Buddhist Association and vice chairman of Guangdong Province.

 

Four beauties

Simei pavilion was built in the sixth year of Wanli (1578) of Ming Dynasty, which is called Yijian Pavilion. During the reign of Guangxu, it was rebuilt and called simii Pavilion (meaning good time, beautiful scenery, enjoyable and happy events). In the pavilion, there is a tablet inscribed on the imperial grant, which was erected by Li Yangsheng, chief guest of Jieshi Town, the land governor of Guangdong Province in 1867. It was rebuilt in 2001.

 

Yuge feisheng

The stage of Xuanwu mountain tourist area in Shanwei, located in the middle of the mountain gate, was built in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty.

In 1750, the local officials and gentry raised funds to rebuild the stage. The stage was expanded to a large stage with a width of about five feet and two feet, and the Zhengzi opera "Three Kingdoms opera" was performed for the first time. It was destroyed during the cultural revolution.

In 1986, the original stage was rebuilt. The new stage has a larger area than the original stage. The platform is 22 meters long and 16 meters deep. It has a simple shape and magnificent momentum. There are all kinds of wood carvings, stone carvings, figures, flowers and birds. It is an ancient building with exquisite workmanship.

 

View the sea in Jieshi

The fuxinglei Pagoda in Xuanwu mountain was built in 1578, the sixth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was fuxingting (fuxingni pagoda), which was dedicated to the emperor Wenchang. The pagoda was divided into three layers, namely Sanyuan palace, Wenchang palace and Kuitan from bottom to top.

 

In 1865, the gentry of Jieshi town proposed that the pagoda should be rebuilt into a three story stone structure, which was presided over by Bo Chengsheng. It took seven years to complete. It was destroyed during the cultural revolution.

In 1981, the prototype was rebuilt. Based on granite, the stone tower is made of high-quality stones ("ancient red stone", "jade clear stone", "Quanzhou stone"), with a height of 18.6 meters and three floors. It is a huge ancient craft building. Fuxing base tower also has the functions of navigation, watching the city platform, climbing and enjoying the scenery.

 

Guxiang Road

Shanwei Xuanwu mountain tourist area has a unique design of incense road. Xuanwu mountain is more than 30 meters above sea level, while the ancient incense road is 200 meters long and 4 meters wide. The long and narrow incense road is gradually raised by using the natural terrain. The original designer did not direct the incense road to the gate of Yuanshan temple, but moved 10 meters to the west, and set the stage on the axis in front of the gate. The layout design is reasonable and appropriate.

 

sites related to revolutionary history

Zideju (the former site of Jieshi battle headquarters of the second division of Red Army) is located in Xuanwu mountain tourist area of Shanwei. It was originally a classical building of brick and clay structure. It was the place where Peng Pai, leader of the peasant movement, led the second division of Red Army to set up the battle headquarters of Jieshi city. In 1931, it was rebuilt into a western style house with cement structure.

 

Development and construction

protective measures

In 1994, Yuanshan temple in Xuanwu mountain tourist area of Shanwei was listed as a provincial key cultural relic protection unit by Guangdong Provincial People's government.

 

On July 21, 2014, Yuanshan temple in Xuanwu mountain tourist area of Shanwei was announced by the State Council of the people's Republic of China as one of the first batch of all-round temples

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